Articles by

Science News Staff

10 early-career scientists tackling some of the biggest problems of today

Scientists are problem solvers. They devise ways to tap new resources for building electric vehicles and...

Readers discuss black holes’ trippy effects on time, banned swimsuits

Time to eat Astronomers watched in real time as the supermassive black hole at the...

Readers discuss hypothetical ‘tauonium’ atoms

Talk of the tauonium Scientists propose a hunt for tauonium, a hypothetical variety of...

Readers ponder sign language in ancient humans, looped universe

A sign of our past? Deaf experimental psychologist Rain Bosworth has found that babies...

Readers ask about noise pollution and beluga melons

Sounds like trouble Exposing zebra finch eggs and hatchlings to traffic noise can lead...

Readers react to a rare visual disorder, microplastics in arteries and more

Let’s face it Scientists re-created the demonic distortions that a patient with prosopometamorphopsia, or PMO,...

Readers discuss accessible images in print and potassium’s climate potential

Accessible images A recent study calls into question the long-standing assumption that male mammals tend...

Readers discuss tardigrades, poison dart frogs and more

Questions or comments on this article? E-mail us at [email protected] | Reprints FAQ...